"COAL TO DIESEL PROJECT
This part of the project is already underway in Carbon County and will use technology from several providers including: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC patented and proprietary coal gasification technology and Rentech, Inc of Denver Fischer Tropsch technology.
The diesel produced will be taken and marketed by Sinclair Oil Corporation.
There will be a surplus of clean power produced at the plant, amounting to around 45MW in the initial phases and this will be sold to local electricity suppliers. Carbon dioxide will be sequestered via pipeline, sulphur will be solidified and sold to the agricultural market, hydrogen may also be produced from surplus syn gas."
We're glad they're capturing the sulfur for commercial use, as we've documented to be feasible. But, as we've explained, "sequestering" CO2 is short-sighted and wasteful. It, too, through different processing options, could be transformed into liquid fuel.
But, make note of the fact that, as they generate liquid fuel, they will be co-generating surplus electric power as another profitable by-product.